"Consumerism is part of some material I was trying to finish before I had to come in,” Hill said in a statement that comes with the new music. “I felt the need to discuss the underlying socio-political, cultural paradigm as I saw it," she said.

Music with a message is always good and much-needed. As long as we are getting a Hill who’s equally dedicated to the quality of the music, then most people will be eager to hear her again. We haven’t always gotten that from the eight-time Grammy winner over the past half decade or so.